It's five months after 8/11. But this is not the first time that India's currency of the time faced the axe. The Mughals, after invading a territory, would effect the demonetisation of the local currency with the aim to cripple the economy of the land.
Coal India is transporting extra volumes of coal to power plants ahead of a five-day worker union strike that threatens to cut much of its per-day output of 1.6 million tonnes.
The letter seeks to allay the Left's fear that signing the Indo-US nuclear deal would bind India not to conduct tests and put caps on the nuclear arsenal.
President Ahmed on Thursday night resigned as the caretaker government chief soon after proclaiming emergency.
The Mumbai-based recovery chief does not want to be identified but says his greater concern is not that non-performing loans would rise from the already elevated levels. Coordinated opposition to recovery efforts could lead to banks withdrawing altogether from lending to this sub-prime segment in India that otherwise depends on informal money lenders.
For months, Hong Kong's streets have seethed with discontent. Scenes show protesters, sometimes numbering in the hundreds of thousands, many wearing surgical masks and carrying umbrellas that have come to signify resistance. The images are astonishing, and the issues that set the protests in motion are complex. Amid these 11 weeks of protests, here's how daily life unfolds.
When asked about the reason behind his criticism of the incumbent chief minister with whom his party has an alliance, the five-term MP said he won't be silent on wrong things.
The decreasing interest in joining the armed forces should worry not just the ministry of defence but the nation too.
"Hooking" is an endemic crime -- if you live in India, you've used "hooked" power.
Senate and House negotiators from both parties did not comment on the details of the deal, saying the staff is still working on last-minute logistics.
This is the first time North Korea has fired what is thought to be a ballistic weapon over Japan.
In the absence of any medium to send the news reports across the country or outside, some journalists would send their reports on pen drives through flyers at the airport.
The 145 M-777 guns, manufactured by the BAE Systems, are being taken to Pokhran firing range in Rajasthan for test firing.
Tainted stock broker Ketan Parekh and 8 of his associates received a blow, when the Supreme Court dismissed their appeals against a Sebi order banning them from trading for 14 years.
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum may reportedly retire from international cricket if there is any relapse of his crippling back problem during or after the first Test against the West Indies in Dunedin, which is his home town.
Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba had contemplated pulling out of the race after complaining of crippling stomach pains before taking her place on the starting line.
Another senior officer of Karnataka CID conducted some preliminary enquiries regarding the possible links the hardline outfit with murder of Kalburgi.
Renault's Fernando Alonso won his second successive Formula One world championship after finishing second at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
'How does relief in the form of citizenship to a persecuted Hindu in Bangladesh put the citizenship of an Indian Muslim in danger?', asks Dr Sudhir Bisht.
United States President Donald Trump and US First Lady Melania Trump will be visiting India -- Ahmedabad and Delhi -- on February 24 and 25 on the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Let's assess earlier American presidential visits to India.
Trump's move came on Thursday a day after the House Speaker urged him to reschedule his annual State of the Union address slated for January 29, citing security concerns triggered by the shutdown that has entered its 27th day.
There's no head or tails to anything that happens in Saaho, says Sukanya Verma.
Mauro Morandi, a 79-year-old, lives alone on the beautiful Isle of Budelli in Italy's Maddalena archipelago. He's called this slice of paradise his own since 1989, when he departed mainland Italy.
The state-of-the-art features of this Scorpene class submarine include superior stealth and the ability to launch a crippling attack on the enemy using precision guided weapon.
The protesters, students demanding jobs in railways, blocked the rail track at 7 in the morning, forcing the authorities to stop the suburban as well as express trains in the affected section between Matunga and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
He underwent the surgery for a rare movement disorder affecting guitarists.
Consumer goods, durables, automobiles worst hit.
In just 10 days, the city received 864.5 mm rain, which is nearly equal to what it gets in an entire month.
A new McKinsey report predicts a glittering future for Indian consumers and explosive growth in Indian consumer spending. What challenges and opportunities will that mean for business?
After 2 years of lull, sale of winter products like heaters and woollens grow in double-digit
The beleaguered Indian team takes on South Africa on Wednesday in the fourth ODI of the five-match series under immense pressure to perform.
Unprecedented rainfall in Japan unleashed heavy floods on Friday that ripped through parts of the island nation on Thursday, forcing more than 1 lakh people from their homes.
Third seed Novak Djokovic survived an epic five-set encounter against Czech Radek Stepanek, fighting off exhaustion and crippling cramps to reach the third round of the US Open Friday.
The medicos have not yet called off their strike.
The ministers deliberated on ways to cushion the effect of implementing the quota.
Tax auditors plan to down tools every Tuesday and Thursday until the government issues a decree to raise their wages.
A statewide 12-hour bandh called by pro-Kannada outfits on Wednesday on the Maharashtra-Karnataka boundary issue affected normal life in Bangalore and most parts of Karnataka.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) may reconsider golf's place on the programme due to the growing number of big-name withdrawals from the Rio Games, former Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie has said.
Serena Williams clinched one of the most dramatic victories of her career on Monday, battling crippling cramp to beat Daniela Hantuchova 6-2 6-7 6-2 in the fourth round at Wimbledon.
Retired civil servant and social activist Arun Bhatia has filed the PIL.
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